Departmental Honors

Requirements

Students must have a College GPA of 3.300 or higher and a Sociology Major GPA of 3.500 to begin the honors program. To graduate with honors in sociology, students must complete a minimum of 30 credit hours in sociology and complete an honors thesis as part of a two-semester honors seminar sequence (SOC-S 498 and SOC-S 499) and a one-semester graded independent readings course (SOC-X 490).

College of Arts and Sciences Requirements

• Students must have a College GPA of 3.300 or higher to qualify for admission to a Departmental Honors program and to receive Departmental Honors. Units may set a higher College GPA.
• Units establish additional criteria, including admissions procedures, academic performance standards, and whether there are required courses, papers, or projects.
• Students who wish to earn honors in two different units must complete a distinct body of work for each honors notation.